Ziarat Syed ABBAS Jan

Pakistan / Federally administered Tribal Areas / Alizai /
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Coordinates:   33°51'56"N   70°7'35"E

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  • historically this is the point known as NISHAN SALAI or chalai.turi tribe used to gather here to procede further in the following occassion. 1-sangar sangar was the compain to attack or defend national interest.this was the common place for the people around when parachinar city was not established. 2-- to procede to ziarat-i- karbala and iran.Nishan is the alam of Hazrat Abbas(as)so all compains or missions or journies were initiated under sacred shadow of the Alam called Nishan. 3 the historical turi matamian gathering against afghan rulers was started from this point to procede to kabul to protest against the afghan governor of kurram in 1873 or 1875.matamian are the people serving matamkhana (the place of worship) .COFFIN of sayed abbas famous spiritual peer was placed here while taking it for burrial at tirah at the last decade of ninteen century.
  • THIS POINT WHICH IS CALLED NISHAN CHALAI WAS ALSO A LAND MARK ON FAMOUS TRADE ROUTE TO KABUL.THIS ROUTE WAS CALLED (DARAEI MEANS REVENUE) AND IN LOCALL TERMINOLOGY KNOWN AS DURAI LYARA.(DA DURAI LYARA CHALEGE MA TA KHABAR DA JANAJ HICHOK NA RAWREE NA)
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